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Providing Food Assistance In A Pandemic: Views And Lessons Learned From The Frontlines In Northwest Mississippi, Anna M. Kleiner, John J. Green, Anne Cafer, Meagen Rosenthal, Lynn Woo, Caroline Steil

Delta Directions: Publications

The Center for Population Studies (CPS) at the University of Mississippi (UM) has partnered with the Maddox Foundation (Hernando, MS) and the Community Foundation of Northwest Mississippi (CFNM) to explore changes in communities across an 11-county region as a way to identify funding priorities designed to address challenges and build upon assets in the region. With a grant from the Maddox Foundation, the CFNM launched FEED Northwest Mississippi to provide emergency funding for area food pantries, especially ones located in rural areas (CFNM 2020). This initiative has now expanded with a host of additional contributors to the FEED Fund. Results …